Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 4.80% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) added 3.16% or 0.030 points to end at 0.980 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was up 3.01% or 0.61 points to 20.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which fell 2.51% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.94 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 1.43% or 0.02 points to end at 1.38 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was down 1.05% or 1.00 points to 94.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 26 to 17 and 44 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.53% or 0.69 to $44.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.93% or 0.45 to hit $47.53 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.44% or 15.90 to trade at $1088.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.43% to 216.750, while USD/NGN fell 0.10% to 198.950.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.24% at 99.31.